Our Unique Identity
TOTL Food is a food and beverage company that provides consulting services, culinary classes, a restaurant vlog and instructional YouTube videos. With over forty years experience in the industry, we offer customized solutions to help aspiring entrepreneurs achieve their creative, financial and business aspirations.
Explore Our Marketplace
Our e-commerce culinary shop offers a wide range of top-quality merchandise for food enthusiasts. From unique TOTL merchandise such as kitchen hats and trendy t-shirts to TOTL aprons and other culinary-themed items. We have you covered.
We are continuously looking for ways to enhance your online shopping experience, Soon we will be expanding our product range to include cooking utensils and other essential cooking accessories. This will include the added benefit of drop-shipping. This means your chosen items will be delivered directly from the manufacturer to your doorstep, ensuring the quickest delivery time possible. Stay tuned for these exciting additions to our culinary shop
Food Tips
The PLU code for organic produce starts with the number 9 and is five digits long (conventional produce is only 4 digits)
Crack eggs on a flat surface, not the edge of a bowl. Otherwise you'll risk shell shards
To avoid dulling the blade of your knife, turn it upside down before scraping items off your cutting board
Add equal parts oil and vinegar to those last drops of jam in the bottom of the jar, and shake
for a fruit vinaigrette
When grilling flank or skirt steak, marinate or season it for 5-10 minutes after cooking instead of before. It adds full flavor in much less time
If an egg is spoiled it will float in a bowl of water rather than sink
Freeze fresh ginger and grate as needed. It will stay fresh for months
Spray your cheese grater with nonstick spray before using it to make shredding and cleaning easier
Recipes are guidelines; they aren't carved in stone
TOTL Food Consulting
At our consulting firm, we provide services to assist aspiring entrepreneurs in achieving their creative, financial, and business aspirations. (turn on the light.)
We have over 40 years of experience in the food service industry, ranging from food courts, cafes, bistros, and upscale dining to on- and off-premise catering, mobile operations, theme concepts, and chop houses. We’ve been where you are and where you want to go. We can help you get there.
Consulting Services
We assist food and beverage brands by developing sustainable, scalable, and profitable products. We provide solutions to advance profitability and to achieve the best operating and fiscally responsible results. We offer customized solutions for any area in your operation's opening or turnaround journey
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
This includes everything from menu writing, planning, and cost control analysis, to wine listing pairing, food testing, marketing, and e-commerce.
TECHNICAL
Employee handbook (benefits), employee manual (policies), wine outlet acquisition, aloha pos system, digital dining pos system
OPERATIONS
Facilities planning, on and off-premise catering, employee recruitment, in-house merchandising (branding), marketing, staff training (front and back of house) personnel files (w-9, w-4, w-2, I-9) online payroll special events planning, staff hiring, requisition system, maintenance scheduling, food preparation and production, staff scheduling
COST AND COST ANALYSIS
Fixed cost, variable cost and closing point, major and minor p&l statement and forecasting, food and beverage cost
SANITATION
Serve safe certified, sanitation stations, proper ph for dish area, chemical or temp control for dishwashers, adequate storage, and use and labeling of chemicals, adequate refrigeration, and freezer storage, HACCP guidelines and procedures
SUPPLY CHAIN
Scheduling, purchasing, receiving, inventory, fifo implementation
TOTL Food Virtual Cooking Classes
Welcome to totlfood's online culinary cooking class! Our monthly subscription service through Patreon offers you the opportunity to learn new and exciting recipes each month. For only $25 per month, you will receive a streaming video through Zoom with our Executive Chef Jeff Bartlett that will guide you through the cooking process. Additionally, we will send 2 recipes to your email each month so you can keep perfecting your skills in the kitchen. Our subscription is indefinite and will continue until you decide to terminate it. Join us today and take your cooking to the next level with totlfood!
How it works
To participate in totlfood's online culinary cooking class, send your name and email address through our contacts page.. About one week prior to the session, you will receive a link to the meeting and recipe card. If you would like to cook along with the video, make sure to have all ingredients on hand, chopped, measured, and ready to go (mise en place). Otherwise, you can watch the video, take notes, and prepare the dish afterwards.
Please visit our Patreon page to explore all of our subscription options: https://www.patreon.com/totl.